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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Undermine the work ethic

The following sentences are from an article that deal with ' child prodigy ' and I am not sure what the underlined parts mean imply exactly even though I looked up the unknown words in a dictionary. Please need your help!

1. Young musicians called child prodigies feel slighted because it does undermine the work ethic.

2.He now headlines his own dance company, Bad boys of Dance and says....I thihk if you give any seven year old the thing I had, you will get a product that is at the top of its game.

3. She belives they ( child prodigies) need to be enabled in order to have their ability to flower.

4. He says studies have shown that most music prodigies are unheard of as adults.
  

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1. Young musicians called child prodigies feel slighted because it does undermine the work ethic . Young musicians called child prodigies believe they do not get the proper credit for their work.

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  • Young musicians called child prodigies feel slighted because it does undermine the work ethic .
  • Young musicians called child prodigies believe they do not get the proper credit for their work.
  • The term "prodigy" seems to indicate that the person called a prodigy did not have to work to attain his achievements, but was just born that way.
  • I thihk if you give any seven year old the thing I had, you will get a product that is at the top of its game .
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1. Young musicians called child prodigies feel slighted because it does undermine the work ethic.


Young musicians called child prodigies believe they do not get the proper credit for their work. The term "prodigy" seems to indicate that the person called a prodigy did not have to work to attain his achievements, but was just born that way. (And child prodigies reject this

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